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From: jiffypop@ibcco.com (Torres, Wesley)
Subject: Why? by The Meat Puppets
"Why?" by The Meat Puppets
from the CD "Too High To Die"
transcribed by Wesley Torres
jiffypop@ibcco.com
This is in 6/8 time but I wrote it in 12/8 to save space.
They use two acoustic guitars on this one.
Intro/Verse:
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
|----------2-----------------2-------|------------------------------------| |-------3-----3-----------3-----3----|----------2-----------------2-------| |----2-----------2-----2-----------2-|-------2-----2-----------2----------| |-0-----------------0----------------|----2-----------2-----2-------------| |------------------------------------|-0-----------------0-----------0--2-| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|----------3-----------------3-------| |----------1-----------------1-------|-------------3-----------------3----| |-------0-----0-----------0-----0----|----------------0-----------------3-| |----2-----------2-----2-----------2-|-------0-----------------0----------| |-3-----------------3----------------|----2-----------------2-------------| |------------------------------------|-3-----------------3----------------|
That's pretty much the whole thing. There is a chord progression change in
the middle that I haven't figured out yet. Same with the solo. I'll post
those when I get a chance later.
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Date: Wed Nov 27 12:41:40 1996
From: lgm01@students.stir.ac.uk
Subject: <Meat puppets><why?>
+-------------------------------------------+
| Why? , from Meat Puppets, Too High to Die |
+-------------------------------------------+
Heres my Tab for "Why?". Play it fingerstyle or with a plectrum.
There are some hammer ons in the main bits as well, like 0h3 when
your going on to the C chord etc. Also, I play some of the bits,
like the F chord bit, lower than in the song. Try playing it on
DGBe strings instead of EADG if you like. Whatever sounds best to you...
( theres no timing in the tab but its easy if you play along )
Have fun! Roof with a Hole and Chemical Garden on the way...
( / = slide, h = hammer, p = pull off, ~ = vibrato )
Song Sequence goes something like this:
(A) * 4
(B) * 1 or 2 ???
(C) * 2
(D) * 2
(A) * 2
(B) * 1 or 2 ???
(C) * 2
-solo 1
(A) * 2
(B) * 1 or 2 ???
(C) * 4
(D) * 2 or 4 ???
(B) * 2 or 4 ???
(D) * 2 or 4 ???
(B) * 2 or 4 ???
-solo 2
Part A:
chords |-D------------------------A----------------------|
e|-------2-----------2-----------------------------|
B|-----3---3-------3---3---------2-----------2-----|
G|---2-------2---2-------2-----2---2-------2---2---|
D|-0-----------0-------------2-------2---2-------2-|
A|-------------------------0-----------0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
|-C-----------------------G-----------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1-----------------------------|
G|-----0---0-------0---0---------0-----------0-----|
D|---2-------2---2-------2-----0---0-------0---0---|
A|-3-----------3-------------2-------2---2-------0-|
E|-------------------------3-----------3-----------|Part B:
|-F-----------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------2-----------2-----|
D|-----3---3-------3---3---|
A|---3-------3---3-------3-|
E|-1-----------1-----------|Part C:
|-F-----------------------C-----------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------1-----------1-----|
G|-------2-----------2---------0---0-------0---0---|
D|-----3---3-------3---3-----2-------2---2-------2-|
A|---3-------3---3-------3-3-----------3-----------|
E|-1-----------1-----------------------------------||maybe wrong--------------------------------------|
|-A#something-------------F-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1-----------------------------|
G|-----3---3-------3---3---------2-----------2-----|
D|---3-------3---3-------3-----3---3-------3---3---|
A|-1-----------1-------------3-------3---3-------3-|
E|-------------------------1-----------1-----------|Part D:
|-D-----------------------|
e|-------2-----------2-----|
B|-----3---3-------3---3---|
G|---2-------2---2-------2-|
D|-0-----------0-----------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|Solo 1:
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-/2-/4-2-2-2---2-4-4/5-5-5-5-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
A|-0-0---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2-2-0---------------4-4/5-5-5-5-4-2-0-2-|
D|-0h2-0---------4-2-0-2h4-2-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------6-6-8-8/10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8--------|
G|-0-0---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-11-10-11-10----10-------------10-10---10h11p10-|
G|----------------12----12-10-10-12------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-11-13-13-11-10------------11-10--------------|
G|-------------------10---10-12-------12-10-9-9-9--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------11-10-------------11-10-10-3-----|
D|-10-12-12-12-12-------12-10-10-12----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|Solo 2: ~~ ~~
e|-10-10-10-8-----------------------------8--------|
B|------------11-10-11-10---10-11-10---10---11-10--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------11-10-------10---|
B|-8-10h11-10-8-10h11p10------/10---------/10------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-----11-10-8-------------8-------11-10-10-11-10--|
B|-/10---------11-11-10-11---10/11-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-8---------------------------8-------------------|
B|---11-10-10-10-11-10---10-11---11-10-11-10-8-----|
G|---------------------------------------------10--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|let ring.........
e|-----------------------------------------------0-0h2-|
B|------------------------10-10h11p10p8-10-----3-------|
G|-10-9-10-10/12-10-7-7----------------------2---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|Tabbed by tom sugden. ceetps1@cee.hw.ac.uk
From lgm01@students.stir.ac.uk Thu Dec 19 08:57:26 1996
Date: Wed Nov 27 12:41:40 1996
From: lgm01@students.stir.ac.uk
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Subject: <Meat puppets><why?>
+-------------------------------------------+
| Why? , from Meat Puppets, Too High to Die |
+-------------------------------------------+
Heres my Tab for "Why?". Play it fingerstyle or with a plectrum.
There are some hammer ons in the main bits as well, like 0h3 when
your going on to the C chord etc. Also, I play some of the bits,
like the F chord bit, lower than in the song. Try playing it on
DGBe strings instead of EADG if you like. Whatever sounds best to you...
( theres no timing in the tab but its easy if you play along )
Have fun! Roof with a Hole and Chemical Garden on the way...
( / = slide, h = hammer, p = pull off, ~ = vibrato )
Song Sequence goes something like this:
(A) * 4
(B) * 1 or 2 ???
(C) * 2
(D) * 2
(A) * 2
(B) * 1 or 2 ???
(C) * 2
-solo 1
(A) * 2
(B) * 1 or 2 ???
(C) * 4
(D) * 2 or 4 ???
(B) * 2 or 4 ???
(D) * 2 or 4 ???
(B) * 2 or 4 ???
-solo 2
Part A:
chords |-D------------------------A----------------------|
e|-------2-----------2-----------------------------|
B|-----3---3-------3---3---------2-----------2-----|
G|---2-------2---2-------2-----2---2-------2---2---|
D|-0-----------0-------------2-------2---2-------2-|
A|-------------------------0-----------0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
|-C-----------------------G-----------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1-----------------------------|
G|-----0---0-------0---0---------0-----------0-----|
D|---2-------2---2-------2-----0---0-------0---0---|
A|-3-----------3-------------2-------2---2-------0-|
E|-------------------------3-----------3-----------|Part B:
|-F-----------------------|
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------2-----------2-----|
D|-----3---3-------3---3---|
A|---3-------3---3-------3-|
E|-1-----------1-----------|Part C:
|-F-----------------------C-----------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------1-----------1-----|
G|-------2-----------2---------0---0-------0---0---|
D|-----3---3-------3---3-----2-------2---2-------2-|
A|---3-------3---3-------3-3-----------3-----------|
E|-1-----------1-----------------------------------||maybe wrong--------------------------------------|
|-A#something-------------F-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1-----------------------------|
G|-----3---3-------3---3---------2-----------2-----|
D|---3-------3---3-------3-----3---3-------3---3---|
A|-1-----------1-------------3-------3---3-------3-|
E|-------------------------1-----------1-----------|Part D:
|-D-----------------------|
e|-------2-----------2-----|
B|-----3---3-------3---3---|
G|---2-------2---2-------2-|
D|-0-----------0-----------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|Solo 1:
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-/2-/4-2-2-2---2-4-4/5-5-5-5-4-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
A|-0-0---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------2-2-0---------------4-4/5-5-5-5-4-2-0-2-|
D|-0h2-0---------4-2-0-2h4-2-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------6-6-8-8/10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8--------|
G|-0-0---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-13-11-10-11-10----10-------------10-10---10h11p10-|
G|----------------12----12-10-10-12------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-11-13-13-11-10------------11-10--------------|
G|-------------------10---10-12-------12-10-9-9-9--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------11-10-------------11-10-10-3-----|
D|-10-12-12-12-12-------12-10-10-12----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|Solo 2: ~~ ~~
e|-10-10-10-8-----------------------------8--------|
B|------------11-10-11-10---10-11-10---10---11-10--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------11-10-------10---|
B|-8-10h11-10-8-10h11p10------/10---------/10------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-----11-10-8-------------8-------11-10-10-11-10--|
B|-/10---------11-11-10-11---10/11-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-8---------------------------8-------------------|
B|---11-10-10-10-11-10---10-11---11-10-11-10-8-----|
G|---------------------------------------------10--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|let ring.........
e|-----------------------------------------------0-0h2-|
B|------------------------10-10h11p10p8-10-----3-------|
G|-10-9-10-10/12-10-7-7----------------------2---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|Tabbed by tom sugden. ceetps1@cee.hw.ac.uk
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